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| ===== Remote XenCenter ===== | ===== Remote XenCenter ===== | ||
| - | :!: You can get partial functionality | + | :!: For best security, you should limit access to your remote XenServer |
| - | The easiest way I've found to access the console of a VM running on a XenServer behind NAT is: | + | You can get **partial functionality** by simply forwarding TCP port 443 into the remote XenServer, but not console access (XenServer or VM). Even if you forward a non-standard port (i.e. 4443) in to port 443 on the XenServer, you can still add the remote server to XenCenter: |
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| + | ===== Remote Console ===== | ||
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| + | <note tip>A **VPN connection** makes the following workaround unnecessary!</ | ||
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| + | Without a VPN connection, the easiest way I've found to access the console of a VM running on a XenServer behind NAT is: | ||
| - Enable remote SSH access directly to the XenServer | - Enable remote SSH access directly to the XenServer | ||
| - | * You can forward a non-standard port at the firewall (22222) to the standard port 22 at the XenServer | + | * You can forward a non-standard port at the firewall (i.e. 22222) to the standard port 22 at the XenServer |
| - To access a VM's console, you must tunnel through localhost (the XenServer) | - To access a VM's console, you must tunnel through localhost (the XenServer) | ||
| - Use SSH port forwarding to forward a VM's VNC port (5901, 5902, 5903, etc.) to ' | - Use SSH port forwarding to forward a VM's VNC port (5901, 5902, 5903, etc.) to ' | ||
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| - | Determine the VNC port of your target VM: | + | Determine the domain ID and VNC port of your target VM: |
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| xe vm-list | xe vm-list | ||
| - | xe vm-list name-label="< | + | list_domains |
| netstat -lp|grep -w < | netstat -lp|grep -w < | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | Now you can forward the port(s) and access the VNC console of the VM from other terminals | + | Now you can forward the port(s) and access the VNC console of the VM from another terminal |
| < | < | ||
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